Ok,

Thinking ahead of my wallet here and don't tell the wife but I like the side steps from Landrover and the ones by Arden, I am awaiting a quote for the Arden ones but, has anyone here got the sidesteps fitted and more importantly, did you fit these yourself?

If so, was it pretty easy to do? I HATE paying a dealer to do something I am perfectly capable of. I guess with the air suspension jacked up high it makes access pretty easy right? 
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RRUK wrote:

Ok,

Thinking ahead of my wallet here and don't tell the wife but I like the side steps from Landrover and the ones by Arden, I am awaiting a quote for the Arden ones but, has anyone here got the sidesteps fitted and more importantly, did you fit these yourself?

If so, was it pretty easy to do? I HATE paying a dealer to do something I am perfectly capable of. I guess with the air suspension jacked up high it makes access pretty easy right?

When I bought the L322 RR sill protection tubes (aka side steps) I was going to fit them myself.................... then I read the instructions and found that fitting involved one of those darned Land Rover Special Tools and cutting part of the bodywork, so I booked the car in to be done by the techies. Never saw them fitted as that also was the day I saw the Sport for the first time and the RR tubes are now gathering dust in my loft! A Carbon Footprint is the mark a lump of coal makes when it's dropped on the ground.

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RRUK just for you mate here is the link to how to fit your side steps.

fyi - just goto owner info on the LR site & all accessory fit details are there for free

http://www.rrsport.co.uk/gallery/albums/us...500020.pdf 
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Let's hope it's easier when you're sat on the drive beside your car... those diagrams don't seem particularly confidence instilling!  

Hmmm... gone off the idea of a DIY fitment now... 
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RRUK wrote:

Hmmm... gone off the idea of a DIY fitment now...

To those guys that have the side steps fitted....do you find when getting out of the car, you step onto the step or do you stretch out passed it? The reason why I ask is that my parents have a Toyota Land Cruiser (new shape) and every time I get in or out of that, I get dirt on the inside of my trousers because the steps are too small/narrow so you just stretch passed them and your leg rubs the edge which catches all the dirt. It is extremely annoying.
I like the look of the RRS steps, but they could be more of a hindrance and they’re a lot of money for just adding them for the look, particularly as the plastic sills on the bottom of the doors hide most of the step. Matt
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mpwox11 wrote:

To those guys that have the side steps fitted....do you find when getting out of the car, you step onto the step or do you stretch out passed it? The reason why I ask is that my parents have a Toyota Land Cruiser (new shape) and every time I get in or out of that, I get dirt on the inside of my trousers because the steps are too small/narrow so you just stretch passed them and your leg rubs the edge which catches all the dirt. It is extremely annoying.
I like the look of the RRS steps, but they could be more of a hindrance and they’re a lot of money for just adding them for the look, particularly as the plastic sills on the bottom of the doors hide most of the step.

With the doors open they are plenty deep. I bought them to ease access for wife and daughter mostly (my wife, 5' 3", is especially glad I got them), but now I find myself using them often when getting in the car, while in the beginning I regularly avoided them, probably because I never had side steps fitten on previous SUV's I owned and could not get "used" to them. If you remember to bring the suspensions down to access height and are a tall person (I am 6'1"), you will have no problem stretching your legs past them - without messing up your pants! - since the ground is so close. 

so that begs the question.. why get them in the first place if you can just lower the suspension? Wouldn't you're wives and such have an easier tiem getting in in that way then go through the trouble and money to buy the side steps? RRS S/C Special Edition, Vesuvius

I bought mine to cut down the amount of muck from the muddy sites that I visit being thrown up the side of the car.
The extra benefit of this is that my partner now uses them to step into the car even when in access mode as do the kids. Its out there somewhere. Second V10 Treg on the drive at the moment.

umbertob wrote:

- without messing up your pants!

Tim in Scotland wrote:

umbertob wrote:

- without messing up your pants!

umbertob, that little phrase means something totally different in English English! Didn't think using side steps was THAT scary!

Tim in Scotland wrote:

umbertob wrote:

- without messing up your pants!

umbertob, that little phrase means something totally different in English English! Didn't think using side steps was THAT scary!